Birder Cliff Cook observed 28 different species of birds on a recent walk at Alewife Reservation, including a cedar waxwing like in the picture to the left, and reported his findings using the eBird smartphone app. Data collected by ordinary citizens can be valuable for conservation, restoration and monitoring projects, especially when government agencies lack the funds or political leaders lack the will to do the work.

Participation is fun and easy! You can see Cliff’s entire list of birds, and learn about the eBird platform, here .

We made this map to show where we saw our animals. We also added commonality because we don’t want to get your hopes up about seeing that sneaky beaver.

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We worked with our partner group ALE, made a keyote about how beavers affect water quality. If you want to see it here it is: https://www.icloud.com/keynote/000gjeCUuUqpWf-d5pV6fUu6w#Beaver_Water_Quality_Presentation

Just ‘had’ to get in a bit of birding in this morning on the way to work this morning, so I walked the Alewife Reservation path starting at Acorn Park this morning.
Highlights were FOY 8 Yellow Warblers and FOY 5 Warbling Vireos, all singing away. Also one Blue-headed Vireo singing and posing nicely.

Jim Guion
Arlington, MA

Full eBird report:

Location

Alewife Reservation, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, US

Date and Effort

Fri Apr 29, 2016 8:45 AM

Protocol:

Traveling

Party Size:

1

Duration:

1 hour(s), 40 minute(s)

Distance:

2.0 mile(s)

Observers:

Jim Guion

Comments:

N/A

Species

33 species total

6

Canada Goose Branta canadensis

2

Mallard Anas platyrhynchos

1

Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus

1

Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis

2

Killdeer Charadrius vociferus

2

Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura

1

Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon

3

Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens

1

Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius

5

Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus

FOY – all singing away

9

Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata

1

American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos

5

Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor

1

Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica

2

Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus

1

Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor

1

White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis

1

Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus

13

American Robin Turdus migratorius

1

Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos

26

European Starling Sturnus vulgaris

8

Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia

FOY – Hit one clump of 4 in the same small area, others scattered, all singing away!